Electra (aircraft company)
Headquartered in northern Virginia, USA, Electra is building a hybrid-electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft that requires almost no runway, opening up a range of interesting flight capabilities bridging the gap between VTOLs and conventional planes. Full scale prototypes are being flight-tested, with over US$8 billion on the future books thanks to more than 2,000 pre-orders.
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We've been following Electra's ultra-short takeoff and landing electric hybrid prototype for some time and now the company has unveiled its EL9 Ultra Short production model that is designed to carry nine passengers at 175 knots (201 mph, 324 km/h). -
This remarkable hybrid-electric aircraft has raked in more than US$8 billion on the back of its remarkable promise: quiet, long-range, low-emission flights using almost no runway for takeoff and landing. Watch it deliver in its first STOL test flight.